Oh my god , when I read the title, and I'm sure I'm not the first one to think of it using these drones is a great way to get close up images of
archeological sites that are otherwise inaccessible. What a great thread to start.

I would have shot video of the Tikaboo spy tower if I had a drone, though Glen did a good job with a knock-off GoPro and a long piece of PVC.

What would be more interesting is shooting drone video of the hike up the peak.

Not questioning what you say gariac but can you provide any more info on Glenn and his go pro .. Never heard about this

Well I found the PVC at the weather station. I just didn't know what it was doing there. Someone told me a camera was attached to the end of the PVC
to make the videos Glen provided, but I don't have first hand knowledge of this.

originally posted by: gariacwww.youtube.com...
I would have shot video of the Tikaboo spy tower if I had a drone, though Glen did a good job with a knock-off GoPro and a long piece of PVC.
What would be more interesting is shooting drone video of the hike up the peak.

Not questioning what you say gariac but can you provide any more info on Glenn and his go pro .. Never heard about this

originally posted by: gariac
Well I found the PVC at the weather station. I just didn't know what it was doing there. Someone told me a camera was attached to the end of the PVC
to make the videos Glen provided, but I don't have first hand knowledge of this.

If you force yourself to watch his other video's, he has "invented" a steady cam with pieces of PVC pipe and a paint roller. If you watch his Tikaboo
video again, you can tell that's how he got his shots of the "weather station". Also, I recognize the knock-off GoPro because I own 4 of them

A more interesting target would be Bald Mountain. I have a shot of it from a helicopter, but the photo isn't to be released. (Long story) But Bald
Mountain has a bit of nuance to it that could can't seen from the ground based telescope shots. Plus you would probably be able to get the
pan/tilt/zoom on Bald Mountain on video tracking the drone.

The thing about Tikaboo is you need to armour-up whatever you haul to the peak. So you need to make the drone backpack-able. There are spots in the
hike where branches will poke and snag things.

GPS route on this page if you do decide on Tikaboo. inplanesight.org...
You can use a quad safely on what passes for a road. That is you park your truck at a reasonable location then use the quad on the road leading to the
trail head. Some people actually drive to the trail head, but they have also dropped axles and sustained other damage. Using the quad will save about
a mile off the hike, though granted it is the easiest part of the hike.

originally posted by: Iamnotadoctor
How far could you walk in the general forward direction view of the mountains in that video before it becomes restricted area?

You haven't been forgotten. Rather this is a tricky question.

If you are on Tikaboo and viewing directly south, the restricted range is
6.170 kilometers/ 3.834 miles away.

Now looking in the direction of the base, most of what you see is free territory because you are so far away. I picked a spot on the border in the
general direction of the base and computed 32.070 kilometers/19.928 miles.

You can use a quad safely on what passes for a road. That is you park your truck at a reasonable location then use the quad on the road leading to the
trail head. Some people actually drive to the trail head, but they have also dropped axles and sustained other damage. Using the quad will save about
a mile off the hike, though granted it is the easiest part of the hike.

totally agree, I wasn't sure what the video producer ment about driving a quad up the mountain... that last little bit to the trail head perhaps. it
looked very rough for even a 4x4, we never risked it.

You can use a quad safely on what passes for a road. That is you park your truck at a reasonable location then use the quad on the road leading to the
trail head. Some people actually drive to the trail head, but they have also dropped axles and sustained other damage. Using the quad will save about
a mile off the hike, though granted it is the easiest part of the hike.

totally agree, I wasn't sure what the video producer ment about driving a quad up the mountain... that last little bit to the trail head perhaps. it
looked very rough for even a 4x4, we never risked it.

There is a quad trail to the right of the hiking trail heading up the mountain. Sometimes the quad is on the hiking trail, which is why it is so
chewed up in places.

Looking at the topo map, you could take a longer route that is suitable for a quad. The trail would start way before the road to Tikaboo gets narrow,
basically climbing the spine of the hill with the first summit. But using a quad on the hiking trail is nuts.

I met some guys coming down on a quad, claiming to be Texas cops. There were two on the quad. One guy said they rolled a quad on a previous trip.

Regarding these guys saying they were cops, I did notice one year that the yellow caution tape was actually "Police Line Do Not Cross" tape from
Galls. Presumably "borrowed" from work.

originally posted by: supermilkman
its hard to tell if there were any bases in the shot but i kind of believe it since there would be a no fly zone and being too close would get you in
trouble. cool video.

Tikaboo is well out of the no fly zone. But as far as seeing the base, a drone there is pretty useless. A drone would be fine to document the hike.

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